Topic: UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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Dec 14, 2021

Keeping the Global Response to Refugee Issues On Track

Keeping the Global Response to Refugee Issues On Track HIAS is participating in high-level meetings designed to monitor the international response to refugee issues.

Aug 19, 2021

Mia Farrow Honors Humanitarian Workers Between Desert and War

Mia Farrow Honors Humanitarian Workers Between Desert and War Actress Mia Farrow recalls the dedicated humanitarian workers she met on a 2006 visit to a HIAS compound in Chad.

Jun 23, 2021

A High-Level Visit for HIAS Offices in Panama and Ecuador

A High-Level Visit for HIAS Offices in Panama and Ecuador UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met with HIAS clients in Panama and Ecuador.

Jun 18, 2021

Despite Pandemic, Refugee Numbers Grow to Unprecedented Levels

Despite Pandemic, Refugee Numbers Grow to Unprecedented Levels UNHCR published its annual Global Trends report, which showed 82.4 million people around the world were forcibly displaced in 2020 — the largest population of forcibly displaced people in history.

Dec 22, 2020

HIAS and UNHCR Strengthen Long-Standing Partnership

HIAS and UNHCR Strengthen Long-Standing Partnership The leaders of HIAS and UNHCR, the U.N. Refugee Agency, signed a memorandum of understanding that will strengthen the decades-long cooperation between the two organizations.

Oct 30, 2020

HIAS Ecuador Wins UN Awards

HIAS Ecuador Wins UN Awards HIAS Ecuador was awarded by the UN for its work in gender equality programming and an agribusiness project.

Sep 29, 2020

HIAS Leaders Speak at UNHCR Forum For NGOs

HIAS Leaders Speak at UNHCR Forum For NGOs HIAS's international program teams played a key role at the 2020 UNHCR-NGO Global Annual Consultations.

Aug 19, 2020

Today We Recognize Humanitarian Workers for All They Do

Today We Recognize Humanitarian Workers for All They Do Each year on August 19, the United Nations honors humanitarian aid workers by celebrating World Humanitarian Day.

Jun 18, 2020

Number of Displaced Persons Reaches An All-Time High — Again

Number of Displaced Persons Reaches An All-Time High — Again The U.N. refugee agency reported a huge surge in the number of people forcibly displaced around the world in 2019.

Jan 6, 2020

Innovative HIAS Program Helps Lift Venezuelan Refugees Out of Poverty

Innovative HIAS Program Helps Lift Venezuelan Refugees Out of Poverty UNHCR recognizes the success stories of families in HIAS Ecuador's Graduation Model refugee integration and poverty prevention program.

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